Jigar Desai reflects on the months since he achieved viral Philly fame and what the season ahead may hold for his beloved Birds

The moment one unfortunate Eagles fan ran into a pillar on a Broad Street Line platform after the Eagles NFC Championship Game victory.

In the time since Jigar Desai made Philadelphia history by running into a SEPTA subway pillar, his favorite team won its first-ever Super Bowl title and his sporting idol, Brian Dawkins, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

That momentous fan feat came hours before the Eagles curb-stomped the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game (Go Birds!), but it’s been an especially rewarding eight months for the 42-year-old pharmaceutical company employee from Montgomery County.

In the time since, he and his family have basked in the love of “a whole lot of support and excitement from Eagles fans.”

“They made space for my kids at the parade, expressed gratitude for laughs and positive energy for the two weeks going into the Super Bowl and asked for pictures,” he recalled on Thursday morning, less than 12 hours before the Eagles start a regular-season campaign to defend their title.

“Things like that show how awesome our fanbase is," he continued. “Many people early on told me ‘I am Jigar Desai,' so that level of excitement and passion that I displayed is really not foreign to Eagles fans.”

While his painful brush with viral fame didn’t result in any meet-and-greets with players from the championship roster, he said he holds out hope that that might happen for him and his kids in the future.